Best most Reliable Japanese Jeep/4x4

Best most Reliable Japanese Jeep/4x4

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dufunk

Original Poster:

182 posts

123 months

Monday 25th July 2016
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Will be looking to do a 200 mile round trip almost every month next year towing a track car would also use this as a daily to work 4 times a week. What would you recommend as the best jeep or 4x4 capable of this type of thing 2/3k would be the budget you can list non jap's also if there up to it, I no you cant get much for that money.

nitrodave

1,262 posts

138 months

Monday 25th July 2016
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I had a mk2 v6 shougun which would off road heavily at weekends and then commute to work during the week. I gave it hell and it never went wrong for the year i had it.

Cost me £800 and I sold it for more than that a year later.

The mk3 shouguns look up to the job also. I'd go petrol auto over diesel as there's no turbo to go pop, no clutch to burn out and the v6 is plenty powerful enough to keep you happy during normal driving.




dufunk

Original Poster:

182 posts

123 months

Monday 25th July 2016
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V6 petrol sounds great mate and you should get them a lot cheaper due to tax and fuelling them but with none of the usual diesel problems plus much added fun!

GravelBen

15,685 posts

230 months

Tuesday 26th July 2016
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Strongest, most reliable? Patrol or Landcruiser, which of those is better is often debated... hehe

Mitsubishis don't have a good reputation on my side of the world.

nitrodave

1,262 posts

138 months

Tuesday 26th July 2016
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GravelBen said:
Strongest, most reliable? Patrol or Landcruiser, which of those is better is often debated... hehe

Mitsubishis don't have a good reputation on my side of the world.
show me a good patrol or landcruiser for 2/3k and I'll agree, but at the budget the OP has, a shogun would be top of the list

GravelBen

15,685 posts

230 months

Tuesday 26th July 2016
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Whoops, missed the budget! I don't know what the market is like over there anyway.

Truckosaurus

11,278 posts

284 months

Tuesday 26th July 2016
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Not quite Japanese, but Hyundai Terracans are big, simple and cheap.

Issi

1,782 posts

150 months

Tuesday 26th July 2016
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nitrodave said:
I had a mk2 v6 shougun which would off road heavily at weekends and then commute to work during the week. I gave it hell and it never went wrong for the year i had it.

Cost me £800 and I sold it for more than that a year later.

The mk3 shouguns look up to the job also. I'd go petrol auto over diesel as there's no turbo to go pop, no clutch to burn out and the v6 is plenty powerful enough to keep you happy during normal driving.
How can you have had a car for over a year and don't know how to spell it?

It's only 6 letters long not a Lamborghini Centenario!

Lefty

16,154 posts

202 months

Tuesday 26th July 2016
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Mk2 Shoguns are great.

The mk3 has problems with diesel pumps (very expensive) and auto boxes. Go for a petrol manual if you can.